QTRH vs. ACTG, BKKT, SST, MVST, III, AISP, DLHC, MRAM, LOOP, and ARBE
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Acacia Research (ACTG), Bakkt (BKKT), System1 (SST), Microvast (MVST), Information Services Group (III), Airship AI (AISP), DLH (DLHC), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Loop Industries (LOOP), and Arbe Robotics (ARBE). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Quarterhill (NASDAQ:QTRH) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
10.2% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Acacia Research has a net margin of 40.89% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -11.31%. Acacia Research's return on equity of 13.02% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.
Acacia Research has higher revenue and earnings than Quarterhill. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acacia Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Acacia Research had 5 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Acacia Research and 1 mentions for Quarterhill. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acacia Research has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.04%. Given Acacia Research's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than Quarterhill.
Acacia Research received 82 more outperform votes than Quarterhill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.01% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.
Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Acacia Research beats Quarterhill on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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